Being able to see those areas clearly so you can compose for them with the view of editing afterwards I think is a pretty clear benefit.
Sorry but that doesn't make any sense. Maybe I don't understand what you are saying. I compose the same regardless of the DR. How I expose can change with the DR but after 45 years of using OVFs and 15 with EVFs I find it easier to judge exposure with an EVF. Maybe it's different for you.
Its not a question of judging exposure but rather composition, being able to see detail in dark areas of an image allows you to compose for those areas more easily.
An EVF is always going to have a maximum brightness above which detail is burned out and a minimum below which everything is black.
This used to be the case. Now with high brightness OLED EVFs that we have, with infinite contrast ratios...
Let's just say that the difference between EVF and OVF when it comes to contrast isn't nearly as big as it used to be, and it gets slimmer every year.
If one is already committed to a specific camera, let's say the Z9, the EVF doesn't change unless one buys a different camera. I don't know about you but I don't buy a new camera every year, I bought the last one, a D5, in May 2023.
That's not what I was suggesting. You're reading way too much into what I actually said.
I didn't say that you needed to get a new camera every year, I said that EVFs were getting closer and closer to OVFs. This is a completely different thing. You went on your rambling based on the last 5 words of what I said, misinterpreting what I was actually saying.
I don't use mirrorless cameras but, if I did, the fact that the latest camera from brand X had the OLED EVF you mention would make no difference if I used brand Y with a less capable EVF. Indeed, it wouldn't be a reason to change brands. Technology marches on incrementally but owners don't upgrade incrementally and existing cameras aren't upgraded incrementally. Once a camera reaches the stores it is frozen. Thus although the potential for a better EVF improves every year cameras incorporating that latest cutting edge technology will be some years away. Meanwhile, someone using a Z9 and having a problem with the EVF overloading can pick up a DSLR, which the may still own, and solve their immediate problem.
EVF overloading? You mean clipping highlights? You realize that this is part of the "what you see is what you get" aspect of EVFs and that you can turn that off?
Also, going from mirrorless to DSLR might bring a whole lot of other issues, like mirrorslap, loss of IBIS, lower burst rate, no subject detection, no good AF when using the back screen, maybe no articulating screen either.
